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TVNZ fiddles while state broadcasting burns
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 4:31 pm | Green Party
TVNZ's invitation to the public to comment on how to rewrite the broadcasting charter is a welcome move, but a totally inadequate response to the challenges that state broadcasting now faces in the digital age," Green Party Broadcasting Spokesperson ... More >>
Conservation best left to DOC, not private sector
Thursday, 5 July 2007, 1:26 pm | Green Party
Green Party Conservation Spokesperson Metiria Turei has welcomed Government proposals for six climate change pilot projects on conservation land, but said the projects would need to be closely monitored to ensure the benefits were not entirely captured ... More >>
Crown freed to take money to fund its own Treaty b
Wednesday, 4 July 2007, 5:32 pm | Green Party
Green Party Maori Affairs Spokesperson Metiria Turei has condemned this week's Court of Appeal ruling on Crown Forest Land, which has effectively left the Crown free to pass laws that will, among other things, enable it to take Maori forest rentals ... More >>
Failings revealed in adverse event reporting
Tuesday, 3 July 2007, 10:26 am | Green Party
A Green Party survey of the country's District Health Boards highlights the shambolic state of current adverse event reporting, and the urgent need for a comprehensive mandatory reporting system across the sector. More >>
Bill would still allow for armed air marshals
Monday, 2 July 2007, 1:41 pm | Green Party
Green Party Human Rights Spokesperson Keith Locke is disappointed that the Aviation Security Bill, as reported back from the Transport and Industrial Relations Select Committee, would still allow armed air marshals on planes flying in and out of New ... More >>
Greens question coal mine's environmental claims
Monday, 2 July 2007, 8:34 am | Green Party
The Green Party has complained about what it believes is misleading advertising and a failure to warn investors of the financial risks in a private South Island coal mine. More >>
Howard's cynical games with Aboriginal communities
Friday, 29 June 2007, 5:13 pm | Green Party
Green Party MP Metiria Turei has denounced the Howard's government's emergency use of force against Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, and called for international solidarity with planned protest action by Aboriginal activists against ... More >>
Greens welcome review of Super Fund policies
Friday, 29 June 2007, 4:19 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the NZ Superannuation Fund Guardians’ decision to review their responsible investment framework as revealed in their 2007/2008 Statement of Intent tabled in Parliament today. More >>
If it’s broken, fix it - Greens
Friday, 29 June 2007, 4:09 pm | Green Party
The Green Party has welcomed the NZ Superannuation Fund Guardians’ decision to review their responsible investment framework as revealed in their 2007/2008 Statement of Intent tabled in Parliament today. More >>
Solid Energy Stoops to New Low
Friday, 29 June 2007, 2:50 pm | Green Party
Note to news editors: This is amended and re-issued after advice from Solid Energy’s lawyers that they did not receive the legal information in paragraph two. More >>
Urgent action needed on aspartame, Greens say
Friday, 29 June 2007, 1:06 pm | Green Party
The Greens are calling on the Government to urgently review current regulations governing the use of aspartame, following the release of a new three year study linking regular use of the sweetener with increased incidence of leukaemia, lymphoma and breast cancer ... More >>
Former patients deserve an apology, compensation
Friday, 29 June 2007, 9:58 am | Green Party
The former patients whose stories made such harrowing reading in today's Report of the Confidential Forum should get an apology and compensation similar to that awarded to former Lake Alice patients who suffered abuse, the Green Party says. More >>
Prohibition is not the answer
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 4:04 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is disappointed by moves to ban benzylpiperazine (BZP) announced by the Government today. "The move to prohibition is foolhardy and unfortunate and force an illegal market," Green Party Drug Law Reform Spokesperson Metiria Turei ... More >>
Overseas debt is an accident waiting to happen
Thursday, 28 June 2007, 3:16 pm | Green Party
Today's current account figures show that New Zealand's overseas debt continues to increase at an alarming rate, financed in large part by short term speculative inflows, exposing us to a serious risk of currency collapse if the dollar turns down. More >>
Solid Energy stoops to new low
Wednesday, 27 June 2007, 1:58 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is appalled to learn that Solid Energy's paid informant inside the protest group Save Happy Valley gained access to the group's confidential legal information in the court case that Solid Energy is taking against Save Happy Valley. More >>
Parliamentarians pleased with progress on plastic
Tuesday, 26 June 2007, 1:28 pm | Green Party
A joint campaign by the country's two largest grocery retailers to reduce plastic bag use by 20 per cent is being welcomed by the Green Party. "This is a very useful step forward in reducing the huge amount of plastic bags we use everyday," Green ... More >>
Business dinosaurs still in denial about Kyoto
Monday, 25 June 2007, 12:50 am | Green Party
The Green Party has rejected the latest round of calls for delay from Business New Zealand about the nation's response to climate change, and has criticised the business lobby's readiness to let the taxpayer pick up the compliance tab for our Kyoto commitments. More >>
A victory for consumer choice
Friday, 22 June 2007, 4:36 pm | Green Party
The Green Party is pleased that organic bread has been exempted from a new standard requiring mandatory fortification of bread with folic acid More >>
Cost of losing high country - priceless
Friday, 22 June 2007, 11:40 am | Green Party
Changes to the tenure review process to protect iconic New Zealand landscapes are being welcomed by the Green Party. "No one wants to lose large areas of lakefront to rampant development, and the Government's decision to halt talks with run holders ... More >>
Fair trial for Bain a virtual impossibility
Friday, 22 June 2007, 9:48 am | Green Party
The Green Party is questioning whether David Bain would be able to get a fair trial following the decision by Crown Law today to retry the case. "It seems doubtful that he could get a fair trial after all this time and public interest. Everyone in New ... More >>
